Director Bio

Tobias Fouracre works as a freelance stop-motion Animator and Director.  He graduated in 1989 from West Surrey College of Art and Design with a BA (hons) Degree in Film and Animation. During the 90s he worked as an Animator on various projects including short films, promos and title sequences before entering a period in children’s television series as an animator and eventually Director. Between 2003 and 2006 he directed 40 episodes of the  BAFTA  nominated series The Koala Brothers and Christmas Special.  In 2004 he became a Key Animator on Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. In 2007 he began working for Tandem Films where he animated and directed various high profile commercials including the Marmite “Paddington” campaign , Anchor Butter “Fuzzy Felt Cows” and Specsavers “Thunderbirds”.  He has also animated on dozens of commercials for many other high end production companies in the UK and Europe.  More feature film work followed including Key Animator on Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox and  between 2010 and 2012 he became Lead Animator on Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie.  He is currently working again as a  freelance Animator/ Director whilst developing personal projects.